False, Misleading Information About COVID-19 Vaccines And Myocarditis Spreads Widely


SEP 27, 2023 Authored by Zachary Stieber The Epoch Times  False and misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and heart inflammation is being spread widely, including by doctors. That includes claims that data clearly show myocarditis, or heart inflammation, is more prevalent after COVID-19 infection when compared to COVID-19 vaccination. “Teen boys have been up to […]

Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Lung Sequelae


Mark Barash, DOa,∗ and Vijaya Ramalingam, MD, FCCPa,b Clin Chest Med. 2023 Jun; 44(2): 263–277. Published online 2023 Mar 3. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.11.019 PMCID: PMC9983785 PMID: 37085219 Author information Copyright and License information PMC Disclaimer As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians and researchers across the world are trying to understand the sequelae in patients recovered from COVID-19 infection. In this article, the […]

Long COVID: which symptoms can be attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infection?


Authors: Christopher E Brightling Rachael A Evans Published:August 06, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01385-X The Lancet Mortality rates following SARS-CoV-2 infection have decreased as a consequence of public health policies, vaccination, and acute antiviral and anti-inflammatory therapies.1 However, in the wake of the pandemic, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, or long COVID, has emerged: a chronic illness in people who have […]

COVID-19 INCREASING STROKE RISKS IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES


Author: University of Utah Health Communications The COVID-19 pandemic has been unpredictable as more is learned about the varied side effects of the virus. A typical respiratory infection, such as the flu, usually has a specific set of symptoms and potential complications. With COVID-19, the long-term effects range from neurological complications to loss of taste and […]

What heart and stroke patients need to know about COVID-19 in 2022


Authors: Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News Two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving. “You can’t assume that what was true three months ago is true now,” said Dr. […]

Researchers are working together to better understand and treat the syndrome


Authors:  SABRINA RICHARDS / FRED HUTCH NEWS SERVICE JANUARY 26, 2022 Robin Macnofsky’s first symptoms, in April 2020, were so mild she didn’t take a test for COVID-19, preferring to save it for someone who really needed it. A few weeks later her chest tightened and her temperature spiked. These ebbed, but an even stronger wave […]

USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID


Authors: Corinne Purtill Wed, July 20, 2022 Los Angeles Times Published Scientific Reports From the start of the pandemic, patients and doctors alike have been frustrated by the sizable minority of coronavirus infections that turn into long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often disabling symptoms that persist weeks, months or years after the initial […]

New England Journal of Medicine: “Conspiracy Theory” confirmed


The America First Report breaks the story: July 12, 2022 Several recent studies have indicated the Covid-19 vaccines actually increase the risk of contracting the disease over time, but these studies have been ignored or even debunked by corporate media and Big Pharma for months. Now, they’ll have to contend with a new study published […]

Understanding COVID-19 through genome-wide association studies


Authors: Tom H. Karlsen  Nature Genetics volume 54, pages368–369 (2022)Cite this article 8742 Accesses 1 Citations 87 Altmetric Defining the most appropriate phenotypes in genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 is challenging, and two new publications demonstrate how case-control definitions critically determine outcomes and downstream clinical utility of findings. Exploring self-reported data from more than 700,000 participants in a direct-to-consumer ancestry genetics […]

THE MYSTERY OF LONG COVID: BRAIN FOG, FATIGUE, EVEN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION


Duke doctors share insights on the illness during a media briefing Authors: STEVE HARTSOE MARCH 9, 2022 IN RESEARCH, MEDICINE Thousands of COVID-19 survivors continue to grapple with symptoms many months after they were first infected. Brain fog, fatigue, even sexual dysfunction are among the symptoms people endure weeks and months after their acute COVID symptoms fade. On […]